going green

In my colleagues blog Political Haze the author fails to create a sense of credibility for the reader. The reader is unaware if the author or the source of information is even a credible source. Though the author does a great job of outlining the background information of the issue, without the audiences trust they cant get their point across. With the authors use of “the government should” and the use of words like passionate, shows the authors bias opinion and what message they want to get across. Obviously this author wants the reader to be for the government having a greater involvement in environmental issues, and to make a move for the a greener America. The author also leaves out important information about the clean air act and what that accomplished. And thus by not talking about anything the government did in the last 19 years for the environment it makes the reader think that nothing at all was accomplished which is clearly not the case. However overall the author is truly affective at convincing his audience.

U.S., Canada, and Mexico

President Obama met with the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and the president of Mexico Felipe Calderon to discuss issue of immigration, the H1N1 flu pandemic, organized crime, and trade. At there meeting Obama talked about the much needed immigration reform, saying that he doesn't think we will see change till 2010. For one he said that he has many other things on this plate, and " [hes not] going to be able to snap[his] fingers and get this done". However he did say that he hopes to get the laws passed in 2010. I think it is really important that Obama works to get this immigration reform done as soon as possible because we need to make the immigration process fair and run more efficiently. These three countries rely heavily on each other and their relationships are important for commerce. This is why in these talks the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon was urged to put more efforts on dealing with the organized drug crimes. Obama rightfully said that America would continue helping Mexico with this issue and that, “the biggest, by far, violators of human rights right now are the cartels themselves that are kidnapping people, extorting people and encouraging corruption.” Thus overall it was a successful meeting even though no formal decisions were made. 

critique

The blog "Government by Asia", critics an article about college age students watching the "Daily Show". The writer portrays the article as being against popular shows like "The Daily Show" that give impressionable college age viewers cynical and bias opinions. However, the blog does present  fact that combats its view on the issue. The editorial quotes a fact about the average "Daily Show" viewer being more informed about current events than people that just watch regular news shows. To me this fact holds higher credibility than what the professor quoted in the article. In order to convince your reader, even in an editorial, one must display information from the article that adds to your point, rather than taking away from it.